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PETER ZIMMERMAN, OF SYLVAN, PENNSYLVANIA.

Letters Patent No. 93,388, dated August 3, 1869.,k

IMPROVED ASH-HOPPER.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom 'it may concern Be it known that I, PETER ZIMMERMAN, of Sylvan, in the county of Franklin, and State ot' Pennsylvania, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Ash-Hoppers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the oonstruction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and ligures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1, of the drawings, is a front plan view of my invention.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the same.

My invention relates to receptacles for ashes; and

It consists, mainly, in a novel arrangement of devices, by which such receptacles may be readily uuloaded, thereby saving the usual labor and ditiicnlty ot' removing such ashes from their bin by means of a shovel only.

The letter A, of the drawings, represents a frame of 'four upright posts, with cross-'bars at their tops and sides, as shown.

'lhe letters B represent four triangular-shaped pendent or swinging sides to my ash-hopper,l which are respectively hinged vto the tops Ot-the cross-bars, as shown, and which, when united at their bottoms, form -a tight and convenient ash-bin or hopperfor family use.

I attach tlanches to two of these sides, by nailing strips or slats on their outer edges, as'represented by the letters c. 'lhe two sides upon which these tlanehes are not-arranged, are constructed to iit closely inside lthese slats, and thereby to form a close, tight box, in the shape of a quadrangular funnel, but without any opening at its bottom.

For the purpose of locking the bottoms of these sides, and holding them securely, and also to provide means for emptying the hopper at will, I attach notched bars, of the fox-1n shown, to two of the swinging sides, and also make two other hars, adapted to tit and hook in the notches thereof, which are not attached to the hopper.

The letter s, of the drawings, represeutspne of these notched or toggle-bars that is not attached to the sides.

The attached bars are the same in form, butv when attached have their hooks turned upward. These lastnalned bars are marked o on the drawings.

This ash-hopper is intended as a bin, to become the daily receptacle of ashes from the house tire, andwhen filled, the operator empties the contents upon the ground by removing the-bars s from the locks orhoolss of bars 1.'.

I am aware that lcacl1e`s have sometimes been constructed upon a principle analogous to my invention,

but such leaches are always left open at the bottom,

andv arenot intended asa receptacle for tbe ashes made from day to day by the family tire.

My ash-hopper forms a valuable substitute for the old barrels in connnon use by families, `and if encouraged by the allowance of a patent, will tend to promote economyin the preservation of an invaluable product.

WhatzI claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters'latent, is-

' An ash-hopper, having frame A, sides B, and lockbars s and e, when all the palts are constructed and arranged substantially as and for the purposes specified.

InA testimony that I claim the above, I have hereunto subscribed my naine, in the presence o f two witnesses.

PETER ZIMMERMAN.

Witnesses JACOB S. Zimmerman,

J. AC. MoCULLon. 

